Resilience of bryophyte communities to clear-cutting of boreal stream-side forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-434

  Dynesius, Mats ^a   Hylander, Kristoffer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Bryophyta; Disturbance; Forestry; Riparian; Succession

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LIVERWORT; MOSS; PERSISTENCE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY DEBRIS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 33846006849     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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